M.S. Degree

The Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology also offers a separate program leading to the
Master's degree. The cornerstone of the physiological science curriculum is vertebrate
physiology, with emphases on integrative functions. The research and educational programs
focus on integrative physiology at several levels of organization from molecules to living
organisms, microscopic structures to macroscopic organization, and cellular properties to
organ functions. Students receive comprehensive instruction in all areas of physiological
science, while elective courses reflect faculty research expertise, including developmental
neurobiology, gene regulation/neural development, cellular neurobiology, molecular
neurobiology, neuromuscular physiology, neuroendocrine physiology, cardiac physiology, diet
and degenerative disease, auditory and visual behavior, biomechanics of rehabilitative
medicine, muscle cell biology, inflammatory cell biology, vascular biology, cardiac
electrophysiology, neuromotor control, and social control of neuronal plasticity.

Ph.D. Degree

Students pursuing doctoral study in Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology laboratories enter interdepartmental Ph.D. programs
either in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (www.mcip.ucla.edu)
or in Neuroscience (www.neuroscience.ucla.edu).
Please see the websites for these academic units for program
descriptions and information on admissions, etc.